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Minutes 863 - 870

DIESEL TRAINS COMMITTEE

Minutes of 85th Meeting held at Euston on Tuesday, 27th June, 1961.


Present :-

Mr. F.L. Lambert, Planning Officer, Euston (Chairman)
"   P.R. Andrews, Assistant Economic Survey Officer, Euston.
"   W.F. Beatty, Assistant Civil Engineer, Euston.
"   J.I.C. Flint, Assistant (Motive Power) Planning Officer, Euston,
"   D.H. Howes, for Operating Officer, Euston.
"   A.J. Johnson, Acting Commercial Officer, Euston.
"   V. Riley, Assistant to the Accountant, Euston.
"   A.T. Salmon, Assistant Public Relations & Publicity Officer, Euston,
"   E. Stanley, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer (Maintenance), Derby.
"   L.D. Taylor, Acting Motive Power Officer, Euston.
"   R. Tildesley, for Divisional Traffic Manager, London (Western)
"   R. Varley, Assistant to General Manager (Spl.Duties), Euston.
"   S. Johnson, Planning Officer's Office, Euston (Secretary).

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863. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING, 16TH MAY 1961

Agreed.

864. GENERAL MATTERS OF POLICY

1. Position of Schemes still to be submitted

(a)  Manchester Part 4.

The Area Board had agreed to the submission going forward to the Commission.

(b)  St. Pancras - Leicester/Nottingham.

The departmental submission had been held up pending a settlement of the following points raised by the C.M.& E.E. in regard to the suitability of the stock scheduled for the service :-

  (i) Insufficient lavatory accomodation;

 (ii) Unsuitability of bogies for the type of service;

(iii) General standard of seating and interior finish.


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